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RFE/RL: British navy escorts Russian warship in North Sea

Published Dec. 26, 2017 at 10:30 am

The Russian navy patrol ship 'Pytliviy' (L) navigates near the Russian Navy flagship missile cruiser 'Moskva' (R) docked in the bay of the Crimean city of Sevastopol on March 30, 2014.

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The British Royal Navy said it escorted a Russian warship through the North Sea near British territorial waters.

The Royal Navy said in a December 26 statement that the frigate HMS St Albans departed on December 23 to monitor the Russian warship Admiral Gorshkov as it moved through the North Sea.